I don't know what compelled me to pick this bottle up, but... Okay, I'm not sure how to finish that sentence. The beer pours a clear garnet brown topped by a finger or so of light ecru foam. The nose comprises light maple syrup, wheat, and dusty citrus fruits. The taste is very similar, resembling sharp citrus notes drizzled with maple syrup, all with a tinge of orange-peel bitterness. The body is a light medium, with a moderate carbonation and a crisp finish. Overall, an average amber at best, something I really have no interest in drinking again. (597 characters)

Poured from a 12oz bottle into my Sam Adams pint glass. Poured a dark amber, almost brown color with a small white covering on top of the beer.

Aroma mostly gives off sweet malts with some caramel and bready flavors. The taste is malty with caramel and toffee and a little bit of roasted malts being present.

Mouthfeel is medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Drinkability is good, it was a decent beer that had a pretty good flavor to it. It was definitely more malt focused then some of the ambers that are big in the hops, but that's not a negative thing if you like malty beers. (589 characters)

Poured into an imperial pint glass. Color was a dark reddish brown. A very thin off white head that left a small ring on top. Aroma was earthy, with some sweet malty and some oatmeal undertones. Taste was sweet at first, with a small amount of bitterness at the end. Some touched of burnt grains also. Felt watery in the mouth, didn't coat well at all. Carbonation was nice however. Easy to drink, but mouthfeel made it more of a sipper than it should have perhaps been. Not very quenching. (490 characters)

Pours a four finger cream head that fades quickly to a ring leaving traces of lace. Clear dark amber/brown color. Light carbonation and medium bodied. No nose. Flavor is a muted sweet malt, no many hops, very un-amber. Boring. Buy by Sep 2008. $2.05 for a 12oz bottle from Colonial Spirits Acton, Ma. (300 characters)

Picked up a single of this to fill a mixed 6 pack, apparently its some organic section of the Paper City brewery...a brewery I haven't had much luck with in the past. Not much to say about this beer... kind of the run of the mill quaffable amber ale. Pretyt drinkable and some decent caramel flavor to it but very watery and light bodied. As I've said in past reviews I find the whole organic thing a bit of a marketing gimmick but this was a nice drinkable beer.. nothing more than that. (488 characters)

Pours a nice brownish golden amber color and the head quickly recedes. Overall the aroma is very pleasant. There is a nice sweet smell with a hint of almost caramel. On the flip side the taste isn't that sweet at all. It is almost more tart with a light hop finish. This is a decent beer overall especially for an organic ale. Nice and refreshing and easy to drink. (365 characters)

I enjoyed this beer from the comfort of my own living room. From the 12oz bottle received from the micro of the month club to a standard pint glass. Bottle recommends a purchase by date of October, 2008.

Appearance: Pours a dark amber color with two-fingers of light tan head that disappears at a decent pace.

Smell: Very sweet malt, with hints of caramel.

Taste: Bready malt and as the smell would suggest pretty sweet.

Mouthfeel: Nice carbonation level, thin-bodied and smooth.

Drinkability: Not a bad tasting brew and would try again if I found one before the "purchase by" date came and went. (601 characters)

Pours a nice looking clear slightly darker brown. Nose is slightly nutty and has an almost acorn aspect. Flavor hits with malts and a consistent nutty tone. Leafy and just barely wood as well. It's like drinking a tree!! Or something. Feel has a bit of a thicker liquid feel. Carbonation is fairly full. Well as an amber this beer sucks. But as a nut brown, I'd say it was pretty good. I'd actually like this one to last a little longer than 12 ounces. (452 characters)

A: Deep amber, solid layer of foam - 4.00, S: From a couple feet away the beer is evident, it has a somewhat sour smell like fermenting berries or apples, hint of caramel malt - 3.25, T: The nose is slightly deceiving as malt plays more of a role on the tongue than the nose, mildly flavored, some sharp hops on the end which are more noticeable as the beer warms - 3.25, M: Smooth and creamy, like heavily creamed coffee - 3.75, D: Overall this is beer is somewhat of a disappointment, mild on many levels - 3.00 (513 characters)

Pours to a reddish root beer color, foamy tan head. Head fades slowly. Smells lik e red licorice and molasses. Taste is dryer than expected for an ale of the style.. Carbonation is good but mouthfeel is a little watery and thin. Taste in kind of one dimensional with a more bitter than sweet constant from start to finish. A good brew but I wouldn't seek out. (359 characters)

Pours a deep amber copper with a little white head and low to medium carbonation. Smell is of a sweet lager and the flavor is fruity yet not citrusy--perhaps a slight hint of apple or pear. It feels medium bodied and tart on the tongue with a sweet tartness left afterward. This is a pretty decent amber and the fruity hints make it original and quite drinkable. (362 characters)

Granted I really don't care about something being Organic or not (it was a beer-of-the-month item) this wasn't bad at all.There's nothing really wonderful with it, but there's nothing wrong either.It's pretty much a run of the mill copper colored amber ale with a graham cracker/gingerbread-like malt base, but enough hops to keep it in perfect balance. The only knock on it is that it's a little too mild. It almost feels a little watered down. I can see macro fans loving that, though.It's not quite up there with Alaska Amber or even Fat Tire, but it's still better than many.For a brew that's going for the organic angle, it's not losing much (taste-wise) by doing so.If that's a big deal for you - grab this. (718 characters)

Single, twelve-ounce bottle copped from The Palisade Liquor Store in Jersey City...Pours a deep, dark, ruby-red hue with hardly any head...Aroma: Hints of amber and grain with mild nuances of caramel and vanilla...Taste: Crisp, clean and refreshing, though not as flavorful or robust as many other depictions of the style... Rather light-bodied to say the least...Mouthfeel : Loose, watered-down mouthfeel...Certainly a refreshing organic ale but definitely not heavy on flavor... (485 characters)

Presentation: Poured from a brown, 12 oz bottle into an Imperial pint glass. Label depicts a field of grain in muted tones. Purchase before date of October 2008.

Appearance: Pours with barely two fingers of light tan head. This settles quickly into a thin coating of foam, not even covering the top of the beer. Eventually disappears completely. No lacing. The beer itself is a dark honey amber and perfectly clear.

Smell: Sweet malt, with aromas of grape juice and caramel. No hint of hops in the smell.

Taste: Weak biscuity malt, very slight bitterness at the end. Not much else here. Quite honestly, this tastes more like iced tea than beer.

Mouthfeel: Average carbonation level. Body is average, not great, but not watery.

Drinkability: What can I say, this beer isn't gross, not by any stretch of the imagination, but it is very bland, much more bland than I would expect an amber to be. Lose the carbonation and I really think you could pass this off as a glass of iced tea. (986 characters)

Clear, dark amber color. Moderate head that leaves only the lightest of spotty lace.

Metalic aromas of aluminum. More malt than hop. Fairly non-descript.

The flavor is an improvement to the smell with some round malt base and definite hop flavor following up. Not a complex beer, but it tastes good enough to order a second. The body middle-of-the-road with corresponding carbonation.

This beer reminds me of the friendly neighbor next door. He's pleasant enough but you wouldn't have him over regularly. (507 characters)

Pours a fairly dark amber color with decent amount of head, some soapy lacing on the glass.Smells lightly of fresh hops & sweet malts and an overall breadedness.Biscuit malt and a faint hop character make up the flavor. Fresh bread note along with caramel make up the finish.Nice crispness and a subtle hoppiness twang the mouth.Overall an easy-drinking, if inoffensive, amber ale. The fact it is certified-organic puts it a step above other domestic ales, otherwise not much more than average. (498 characters)